E A Van Kirk

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lab-animal 2000

Tumour necrosis factor alpha up-regulates matrix metalloproteinase-2 activity in periovulatory ovine follicles: metamorphic and endocrine implications

Reproduction, fertility, and development ·doi:10.1071/rd00054

The collagenous matrix of the wall of periovulatory follicles is degraded and remodelled during ovulatory ovarian rupture and luteinization. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) belongs to a family of zinc endopeptidases that cleave extracell…